diff --git a/Assets/Accessibility/Accessibility Options.asset b/Assets/Accessibility/Accessibility Options.asset
index 948e968..9ca6e5d 100644
--- a/Assets/Accessibility/Accessibility Options.asset	
+++ b/Assets/Accessibility/Accessibility Options.asset	
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MonoBehaviour:
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diff --git a/Assets/Materials/Enemy.mat b/Assets/Materials/Enemy.mat
index 54d24f0..277c11c 100644
--- a/Assets/Materials/Enemy.mat
+++ b/Assets/Materials/Enemy.mat
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Material:
     m_Floats:
     - _Alpha: 1
     - _AlphaClip: 0
-    - _BaseScale: 0.8
+    - _BaseScale: 1.2
     - _Blend: 0
     - _BumpScale: 1
     - _C: 0
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Material:
     - _Parallax: 0.005
     - _PulseIntensity: 0.5
     - _QueueOffset: 0
-    - _RadiusWithDistance: 0.00005
+    - _RadiusWithDistance: 0.00007
     - _ReceiveShadows: 1
     - _Smoothness: 0.5
     - _SmoothnessTextureChannel: 0
diff --git a/Assets/Materials/Obstacle.mat b/Assets/Materials/Obstacle.mat
index bf6ac5a..fb4ea1c 100644
--- a/Assets/Materials/Obstacle.mat
+++ b/Assets/Materials/Obstacle.mat
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Material:
     - _Parallax: 0.005
     - _PulseIntensity: 1
     - _QueueOffset: 0
-    - _RadiusWithDistance: 0.00005
+    - _RadiusWithDistance: 0.00007
     - _ReceiveShadows: 1
     - _Smoothness: 0.5
     - _SmoothnessTextureChannel: 0
diff --git a/Assets/Prefabs/Enemy.prefab b/Assets/Prefabs/Enemy.prefab
index f4c9b09..cfe5747 100644
--- a/Assets/Prefabs/Enemy.prefab
+++ b/Assets/Prefabs/Enemy.prefab
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ MonoBehaviour:
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diff --git a/Assets/Prefabs/Ship.prefab b/Assets/Prefabs/Ship.prefab
index a4e7c2e..f2a70b5 100644
--- a/Assets/Prefabs/Ship.prefab
+++ b/Assets/Prefabs/Ship.prefab
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ BoxCollider:
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   m_Enabled: 1
   serializedVersion: 2
-  m_Size: {x: 1, y: 1, z: 1}
+  m_Size: {x: 0.1, y: 1, z: 1}
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diff --git a/Assets/Scenes/Game.unity b/Assets/Scenes/Game.unity
index 1918878..1af1ab3 100644
--- a/Assets/Scenes/Game.unity
+++ b/Assets/Scenes/Game.unity
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ GameObject:
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+  - component: {fileID: 84273096}
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@@ -221,6 +222,20 @@ Transform:
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 GameObject:
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       propertyPath: _onBeat.m_PersistentCalls.m_Calls.Array.size
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+      value: 3
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       propertyPath: _onBeat.m_PersistentCalls.m_Calls.Array.data[1].m_Mode
       value: 0
       objectReference: {fileID: 0}
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       propertyPath: _onBeat.m_PersistentCalls.m_Calls.Array.data[0].m_Target
       value: 
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       propertyPath: _onBeat.m_PersistentCalls.m_Calls.Array.data[1].m_Target
       value: 
       objectReference: {fileID: 532372216}
+    - target: {fileID: 2145967175348613560, guid: 88246464365fd0745b75edfcff208598, type: 3}
+      propertyPath: _onBeat.m_PersistentCalls.m_Calls.Array.data[2].m_Target
+      value: 
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       propertyPath: _onBeat.m_PersistentCalls.m_Calls.Array.data[1].m_CallState
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+      propertyPath: _onBeat.m_PersistentCalls.m_Calls.Array.data[2].m_CallState
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+      propertyPath: _onBeat.m_PersistentCalls.m_Calls.Array.data[2].m_MethodName
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+      objectReference: {fileID: 0}
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       propertyPath: _onBeat.m_PersistentCalls.m_Calls.Array.data[1].m_TargetAssemblyTypeName
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       objectReference: {fileID: 0}
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+      propertyPath: _onBeat.m_PersistentCalls.m_Calls.Array.data[2].m_TargetAssemblyTypeName
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+      propertyPath: _onBeat.m_PersistentCalls.m_Calls.Array.data[2].m_Arguments.m_ObjectArgumentAssemblyTypeName
+      value: UnityEngine.Object, UnityEngine
+      objectReference: {fileID: 0}
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diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/DisableOnDeath.cs b/Assets/Scripts/DisableOnDeath.cs
index e50b821..69a6c54 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/DisableOnDeath.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/DisableOnDeath.cs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class DisableOnDeath : MonoBehaviour
     private void Die()
     {
         var oldName = gameObject.name;
-        gameObject.name = "disabled";
+        gameObject.transform.parent.name = "disabled";
         _collider.enabled = false;
         
         float duration = 0.4f;
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/IncreaseDifficultyOverTime.cs b/Assets/Scripts/IncreaseDifficultyOverTime.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..845f6ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/IncreaseDifficultyOverTime.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using FMOD;
+using UnityEngine;
+using Debug = UnityEngine.Debug;
+
+public class IncreaseDifficultyOverTime : MonoBehaviour
+{
+    [SerializeField] private float _base;
+    [SerializeField] private float _perBeatIncrease;
+
+    public void OnBeat(int beat)
+    {
+        var difficulty = _base * Mathf.Pow(1.0f+_perBeatIncrease, beat);
+        Debug.Log(difficulty);
+        Shader.SetGlobalFloat("_Difficulty", difficulty);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/IncreaseDifficultyOverTime.cs.meta b/Assets/Scripts/IncreaseDifficultyOverTime.cs.meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92ff3f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/IncreaseDifficultyOverTime.cs.meta
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
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+guid: 565df9595af1e6e4a9547067e1d23b5d
+MonoImporter:
+  externalObjects: {}
+  serializedVersion: 2
+  defaultReferences: []
+  executionOrder: 0
+  icon: {instanceID: 0}
+  userData: 
+  assetBundleName: 
+  assetBundleVariant: 
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/SlideSideways.cs b/Assets/Scripts/SlideSideways.cs
index 6a5970d..65d595f 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/SlideSideways.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/SlideSideways.cs
@@ -7,8 +7,15 @@ using UnityEngine;
 public class SlideSideways : MonoBehaviour
 {
     [SerializeField] private Vector2 _speedRange;
+    [SerializeField] private Vector2 _xBounds;
 
     private float _speed;
+    private float _xDiff;
+
+    private void Awake()
+    {
+        _xDiff = _xBounds.y - _xBounds.x;
+    }
     
     private void Start()
     {
@@ -19,5 +26,14 @@ public class SlideSideways : MonoBehaviour
     private void LateUpdate()
     {
         transform.Translate(Vector3.right * _speed * Time.deltaTime);
+
+        if (transform.position.x < _xBounds.x)
+        {
+            transform.position += Vector3.right * _xDiff;
+        }
+        else if (transform.position.x > _xBounds.y)
+        {
+            transform.position -= Vector3.right * _xDiff;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/SpawnZone.cs b/Assets/Scripts/SpawnZone.cs
index 440df51..7ed3762 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/SpawnZone.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/SpawnZone.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using NUnit.Framework.Constraints;
 using UnityEditor.UIElements;
 using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEngine.Assertions;
+using Utils;
 using Random = UnityEngine.Random;
 
 namespace Weapons.Spawning
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ namespace Weapons.Spawning
         [SerializeField] private int numPerSide;
         [SerializeField] private bool flipVertical;
         
-        [SerializeField] private float radius;
+        [SerializeField] private ParticleSystem.MinMaxCurve radius;
         [SerializeField, Range(0, 360)] private float arc;
 
         [SerializeField] private SpawnZone[] composite;
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ namespace Weapons.Spawning
                     if (flipVertical)
                         point.y = 1 - point.y;
                     
-                    point *= radius;
+                    point *= radius.EvaluateMinMaxCurve();
                     
                     if (spawnPlane == SpawnPlane.XZ)
                     {
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ namespace Weapons.Spawning
                     dir = Random.insideUnitCircle.normalized;
 
                 
-                onGetPoint((point * radius) + offset, dir);
+                onGetPoint((point * radius.EvaluateMinMaxCurve()) + offset, dir);
             }
         }
         
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Weapon.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Weapon.cs
index 097171e..665acc7 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Weapon.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Weapon.cs
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ public class Weapon : ScriptableObject
         
         // if it's inactive, we haven't hit anything
         if (!instance.gameObject.activeSelf) return false;
+        if (instance.gameObject.name == "disabled") return false;
         
         // use the non allocating version so we don't have to allocate memory for every bullet
         numHits = Physics.OverlapCapsuleNonAlloc(prevPos, instance.position, size/2f, _results, collidesWith, QueryTriggerInteraction.Collide);
diff --git a/Assets/Shaders/enemy.shader b/Assets/Shaders/enemy.shader
index 3361bbc..becf149 100644
--- a/Assets/Shaders/enemy.shader
+++ b/Assets/Shaders/enemy.shader
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Shader "custom/enemy"
             float4 _FarColor;
             float _Alpha;
 
+            float _Difficulty;
             float _SpeedMultiplier;
             float _RadiusWithDistance;
             
@@ -143,8 +144,9 @@ Shader "custom/enemy"
                 wpos.y += radius;
 
                 float bounceStrength=5.0*_Intensity;
-                float bounce = (_SpeedMultiplier+bounceStrength*(_DistanceToNextBeat*_DistanceSinceLastBeat));
+                float bounce = _SpeedMultiplier+bounceStrength*(_DistanceToNextBeat*_DistanceSinceLastBeat);
                 wpos.z *= bounce;
+                wpos.z *= _Difficulty;
                 // wpos.z *= max(1, (wpos.z-6)* _SpeedMultiplier);
                 vpos = TransformWorldToObject(wpos);
 
@@ -182,8 +184,10 @@ Shader "custom/enemy"
                 // float4 c = float4(lerp(_Color1, _Color2, t).xyz, _Alpha);
                 float4 c = _Color1;
                 c = lerp(_Color1, _Color2, length(p));
-                
+
                 c = lerp(c, _FarColor, normalised * _Intensity);
+                float4 nc = normalize(c);
+                c = lerp(nc, c, clamp(_Intensity + 0.02, 0, 1));    
 
                 // float distanceAhead = IN.wpos.z - 6;
                 // float ca = clamp(distanceAhead * 0.1,0,1);
diff --git a/Assets/Shaders/obstacle.shader b/Assets/Shaders/obstacle.shader
index efc08e2..3091f48 100644
--- a/Assets/Shaders/obstacle.shader
+++ b/Assets/Shaders/obstacle.shader
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Shader "custom/obstacle"
             float _Alpha;
             float _PulseIntensity;
 
+            float _Difficulty;
             float _SpeedMultiplier;
             float _RadiusWithDistance;
             
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ Shader "custom/obstacle"
                 float boundsStrength = 5.0*_Intensity;
                 float bounce = (_SpeedMultiplier+boundsStrength*(_DistanceToNextBeat*_DistanceSinceLastBeat));
                 wpos.z *= bounce;
+                wpos.z *= _Difficulty;
                 
                 vpos = TransformWorldToObject(wpos);
 
diff --git a/Assets/Weapons/Enemy.asset b/Assets/Weapons/Enemy.asset
index 703880d..4c1ae82 100644
--- a/Assets/Weapons/Enemy.asset
+++ b/Assets/Weapons/Enemy.asset
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ MonoBehaviour:
       m_PostInfinity: 2
       m_RotationOrder: 4
     m_ConstantMin: 0
-    m_ConstantMax: 1
+    m_ConstantMax: 0.1
   damage: 1
   collidesWith:
     serializedVersion: 2
@@ -116,9 +116,25 @@ MonoBehaviour:
     surfaceOnly: 0
     evenDistribution: 0
     numSides: 3
-    numPerSide: 10
+    numPerSide: 5
     flipVertical: 0
-    radius: 10
+    radius:
+      m_Mode: 3
+      m_CurveMultiplier: 0
+      m_CurveMin:
+        serializedVersion: 2
+        m_Curve: []
+        m_PreInfinity: 2
+        m_PostInfinity: 2
+        m_RotationOrder: 4
+      m_CurveMax:
+        serializedVersion: 2
+        m_Curve: []
+        m_PreInfinity: 2
+        m_PostInfinity: 2
+        m_RotationOrder: 4
+      m_ConstantMin: 7
+      m_ConstantMax: 13
     arc: 360
     composite: []
   manualFire: 1
diff --git a/Assets/Weapons/Obstacle.asset b/Assets/Weapons/Obstacle.asset
index 42bb0a0..443877f 100644
--- a/Assets/Weapons/Obstacle.asset
+++ b/Assets/Weapons/Obstacle.asset
@@ -118,7 +118,23 @@ MonoBehaviour:
     numSides: 3
     numPerSide: 10
     flipVertical: 0
-    radius: 5
+    radius:
+      m_Mode: 3
+      m_CurveMultiplier: 0
+      m_CurveMin:
+        serializedVersion: 2
+        m_Curve: []
+        m_PreInfinity: 2
+        m_PostInfinity: 2
+        m_RotationOrder: 4
+      m_CurveMax:
+        serializedVersion: 2
+        m_Curve: []
+        m_PreInfinity: 2
+        m_PostInfinity: 2
+        m_RotationOrder: 4
+      m_ConstantMin: 3
+      m_ConstantMax: 9
     arc: 360
     composite: []
   manualFire: 1
diff --git a/Assets/Weapons/PlayerWeapon.asset b/Assets/Weapons/PlayerWeapon.asset
index 274b54b..d31eda5 100644
--- a/Assets/Weapons/PlayerWeapon.asset
+++ b/Assets/Weapons/PlayerWeapon.asset
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ MonoBehaviour:
       m_PreInfinity: 2
       m_PostInfinity: 2
       m_RotationOrder: 4
-    m_ConstantMin: 1.25
-    m_ConstantMax: 1.5
+    m_ConstantMin: 0.5
+    m_ConstantMax: 0.75
   bulletSize:
-    m_Mode: 3
+    m_Mode: 0
     m_CurveMultiplier: 0
     m_CurveMin:
       serializedVersion: 2
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ MonoBehaviour:
       m_PreInfinity: 2
       m_PostInfinity: 2
       m_RotationOrder: 4
-    m_ConstantMin: 0.1
-    m_ConstantMax: 0.4
+    m_ConstantMin: 1
+    m_ConstantMax: 3
   damage: 1
   collidesWith:
     serializedVersion: 2
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ MonoBehaviour:
     spawnType: 1
     spawnDir: 0
     spawnPlane: 1
-    width: 0.75
+    width: 1.5
     height: 0
     surfaceOnly: 1
     evenDistribution: 1